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JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

Activists fined for peace fliers in SDF housing

The Supreme Court on Friday fined three peace activists a combined ¥500,000 for trespassing on a Self-Defense Forces housing compound in western Tokyo and distributing antiwar leaflets.
BASKETBALL
Apr 12, 2008

Fukuoka tops Ryukyu in overtime

The Rizing Fukuoka defeated the Ryukyu Golden Kings 104-97 in overtime on Friday, sending the hosts to their seventh straight defeat. Jeffrey Price scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Joshua Peppers added 26 as Fukuoka improved to 19-24 in the bj-league. For Ryukyu (10-33), Bryan Simpson scored...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2008

Miura earns first win of season

YOKOHAMA — Daisuke Miura didn't want to wait too long to pick up his first win of the season. So he made Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto wait at least one more night before reaching his own goal.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 12, 2008

Bid to link Japan meets with growing reception

When Ken Ohno's Japanese mother-in-law asked him to keep an eye on the family business in Nagano Prefecture in the late 1990s, he had little idea where it might lead.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

Cabinet extends North sanctions

The Cabinet said Friday that the economic sanctions against North Korea will be extended another six months despite recent progress in U.S.-North Korea talks over Pyongyang's denuclearization.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

Doctor shortage gives patients runaround

The shortage of hospital doctors is taking its toll on the people who can least afford it: those in need of immediate medical attention.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Apr 12, 2008

Galaxies beyond on the Hamanasu

Have you ever taken a ferry in Japan? The English word feri (ferry) is used in Japan only for boats carrying vehicles. Passenger ferries are just called fune (boats). There are many long-distance ferries passengers can board, however. Traveling by ferry is for those who prefer to travel around Japan...
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

Hospital doctors feeling the strain

Whenever Naoshi Tamura is on a night shift at Ota Hospital in Tokyo, the surgeon works 36 consecutive hours with little sleep, seeing patients during the daytime and treating those transported to the emergency room at night.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2008

Say 'Cheese!' Omron shows off smile-measuring device

New technology from electronics and health-care company Omron Corp. can measure the breadth of a smile.
EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2008

Conservatives win again in South Korea

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak got a boost this week from parliamentary elections that gave fellow conservatives a majority in the National Assembly. The results provide a modicum of relief for "the bulldozer" but he is still going to have to struggle to implement his policy agenda. Ironically,...
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2008

Nomura group to buy into Ashikaga Bank

A consortium led by Nomura Holdings Inc. signed an agreement Friday with Deposit Insurance Corp. of Japan to purchase shares of Ashikaga Bank Ltd., paving the way for the government-owned regional bank to become private again July 1.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

Ruling coalition agrees to free up road revenues

The government and ruling coalition said Friday revenue from gasoline and other auto-related taxes will be freed up for purposes other than road construction from fiscal 2009, which starts next April.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

Fukuda, Fillon to push emissions talks at U.N.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed Friday to further promote bilateral cooperation on a varied economic agenda, in particular their push to combat global warming, the main topic of the Group of Eight summit in July in Hokkaido.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2008

Subprime losses lower Mizuho profit forecast

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. on Friday revised downward its forecast for business 2007 to ¥310 billion in group net profit from its initial ¥480 billion due to losses stemming from the U.S. subprime loan crisis. It was the third downward revision for the business year.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2008

U.S. to notify Japan about any deserters

The United States will immediately notify Japan if a service member in the country deserts or otherwise goes absent without leave and will authorize police to take that person into custody if found, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2008

MHI, Areva to supply nuclear fuel

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan's largest maker of industrial machinery, will team up with Areva SA of France in supplying nuclear fuel as part of efforts to expand its atomic energy business, the two companies said Friday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 12, 2008

Playin' the look-alike game

It's a game my wife plays whenever she's bored.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 12, 2008

Liverpool exposed Arsenal's weaknesses in real belter

LONDON — A victory for substance over style, strength over style, power over passing — call it what you want, but it is Liverpool not Arsenal which will play Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals.

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